Perfect Water

You
        never laugh, just snort a puff of air,
Crinkle
        your eyes, and look away from me.
Like
        water, you have reached perfection by
Expelling
        everything that is not you.

And
        you are joined by ever more of you,
As
        the streams which feed and purify a lake.
whenever
        you cry, tears cluster on your cheeks
like
        almonds ripening beneath your eyelids.

And
        I would pluck them, if they were not also perfect.